Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the eighth edition of Asia's largest conclave for aspiring student entrepreneurs, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centres (IEDC) Summit. The summit is organized by the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) in association with the College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET), and this year, the theme of the event will be ‘Circle of Innovation', an official release said. The event aims to bring together innovators from various domains.

Leaders in the field and entrepreneurs will speak at the conclave held on the campus of CET. The IEDC Summit, which anticipates over 10,000 attendees, aims to raise awareness and find potential entrepreneurs as early as the undergraduate level, according to its announcement. KSUM operates about 453 IEDCs in different educational institutions throughout Kerala, giving students opportunities to learn, collaborate, and turn their original ideas into working prototypes of products and services.

They work on domains ranging from agriculture and medicine to polytechnics and engineering. Emphasizing the significance of the IEDC Summit in boosting student innovators, KSUM CEO Anoop Ambika said, "The event will provide a kickstart to aspiring student innovators and young entrepreneurship enthusiasts". By enhancing technical know-how, facilitating skill development, and fostering financial literacy, the summit will help widen the perspective of student innovators, he said. Minister for Higher Education and Social Justice Dr. R. Bindu will preside over the function, which will be attended by Dr Rathan U Kelkar, state Electronics and IT Secretary and KSUM CEO.

The summit will bring together the most ambitious and innovative student entrepreneurs from across the state to share their ideas, experiences, and knowledge. The summit is an amalgamation of events from a range of domains, including technology, entrepreneurship, and skill development, among others, and it facilitates a platform for connecting student innovators, industry leaders, and various startups in addition to providing an opportunity for them to engage and network. KSUM is the state of Kerala's central organization for entrepreneurship development and incubation initiatives.